A physician in their late 50s with an MD, PhD, triple board certification, and coding experience since the late 1970s starting in assembly posted an impassioned defense of AI-assisted coding on r/ClaudeAI, hitting 881 upvotes and 160 comments. The post pushes back against gatekeeping attitudes and captures a growing demographic of highly credentialed professionals outside traditional SWE who are becoming serious AI-assisted builders.